Less worried about AGI and all that, more worried that taking away all the 'magic' of how minds work does it take away some of the magic of how the minds work, i.e. it could be quite depressing for many to think of ourselves as 'mechanistic' automatons. Yes that has been discussed for years, but as that becomes fact and with blueprints ... I dunno, I think I quite liked the world how it was before that!
Also the more we can model the minds workings, the more some sod is going to exploit that for commercial benefits i.e. advertising, propaganda etc.
> I dunno, I think I quite liked the world how it was before that!
I agree. I don't know why but when I read this article and the responses here stating how things can be related and can be measured, I suddenly felt this sigh? disappointment? for 'demystifying the mind'.
Yes exactly. It won't take long till someone exploits it which would be more robust than the prediction models we have right now and that's what I don't want a single dime of.
I know we're not there yet, and perhaps we won't ever be, or we'll be there in 10 years, but we don't have to map every single thing in the brain in order to exploit the foundational behavior.
Not just for years. For centuries now. Wasn’t that people’s main concern about Darwin, after all? “Once it is proven that we have descended from apes, where does that leave us?“
Also the more we can model the minds workings, the more some sod is going to exploit that for commercial benefits i.e. advertising, propaganda etc.